Hooksett RTK Request on Digital Existence of Policies

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Subject: RE: Right to Know Request
From: <“>rich@girardatlarge.com>;
Date: Wed, April 03, 2013 4:26 pm
To: “Phil Littlefield” <“>PLittlefield@SAU15.net>;

Dr., pardon my skepticism.  However, in today’s day and age, when even Manchester has this information in electronic format, I find it beyond belief that one would have to chase down outgoing members of the board for their manuals or photocopy a spare master copy that’s stored somewhere just in case you can’t get it back.  Having served in elected office, I can tell you that even if I surrendered mine, the pages would be covered with my notes and probably unusable to the person who received it.  Scanners are not new technology and even if they were, the amount of time it would take a secretary to type the old into the new to create an electronic document would likely not take more than a day.  Seriously, Dr. how can Hooksett credibly be believed to be so far behind the times on something simple like this?

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Subject: Re: Right to Know Request
From: Phil Littlefield <PLittlefield@SAU15.net“>PLittlefield@SAU15.net>
Date: Wed, April 03, 2013 4:31 pm
To: “rich@girardatlarge.com“>rich@girardatlarge.com” <rich@girardatlarge.com“>rich@girardatlarge.com>
You have made a request that I have indicated can be honored in a number of ways.  I will proceed as you see fit to access the public documents you have requested.

 

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Subject: RE: Right to Know Request
From: <“>rich@girardatlarge.com>;
Date: Wed, April 03, 2013 4:38 pm
To: “Phil Littlefield” <“>PLittlefield@SAU15.net>;

Let’s see if the email method works.  Given that the documents you do have are likely text documents, it is likely they will not exceed the size limits on any email you might send or that I might receive.  If they truly exist as separate documents, not conjoined in any manual, then I can see no reason why they would exceed any size limit.  So, let’s start there.  Please email any and all electronic documents that are contained within the Hooksett School Board’s policy manual.

Please also indicate exactly what does not exist in electronic format.

Thank you.

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Subject: Re: Right to Know Request
From: Phil Littlefield <PLittlefield@SAU15.net“>PLittlefield@SAU15.net>
Date: Wed, April 03, 2013 4:48 pm
To: “rich@girardatlarge.com“>rich@girardatlarge.com” <rich@girardatlarge.com“>rich@girardatlarge.com>

Your request for policies that exist in electronic format will be honored.  You should receive them as soon as tomorrow.  If a document exists that indicates what is available electronically and what is not, that will be forwarded as well.  If it does not, that report will not be generated.

If, in fact, email size limits are exceeded, I will request you receive documents in multiple emails.

No need to respond.  Your request will be honored.

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Subject: RE: Right to Know Request
From: <“>rich@girardatlarge.com>;
Date: Thu, April 04, 2013 12:20 pm
To: “Phil Littlefield” <“>PLittlefield@SAU15.net>;

You know, it dawns on me, Dr. Littlefield, that the path of greatest efficiency for this request, and the district, would be to scan the document and make it available electronically.  How many times has it been photocopied when it could just have been printed?  More to the point, if it were scanned once, it would never need to be photocopied again.  Has your staff so little to do that they can spend time making copies when printing would save so much time?

As to your refusal to provide a listing of what is not electronically available, I think we both know that does not comply with the Right to Know Law.  I ask that you reconsider this request.

On a final note, I might as well ask for the policy manuals for the Auburn and Candia School Boards as well.  Since I have these documents for virtually every other community in my listening area, I’d like to have them added to my collection, electronically, of course.  Consider this a RTK request, too.

Enjoy your day.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this request.

RH Girard

 

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Subject: RE: Right to Know Request
From: Phil Littlefield <PLittlefield@SAU15.net“>PLittlefield@SAU15.net>
Date: Thu, April 04, 2013 1:44 pm
To: “rich@girardatlarge.com“>rich@girardatlarge.com” <rich@girardatlarge.com“>rich@girardatlarge.com>

Thank you for your opinions.

As to your assertion that  “As to your refusal to provide a listing of what is not electronically available….”, please document that.  My recollection is that I wrote “If a document exists that indicates what is available electronically and what is not, that will be forwarded as well.  If it does not, that report will not be generated.”  Is there is any provision of RSA 91-A:4 that requires a document that does not exist to be generated, I would be interested in the citation.

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Subject: RE: Right to Know Request
From: <“>rich@girardatlarge.com>;
Date: Thu, April 04, 2013 2:47 pm
To: “Phil Littlefield” <“>PLittlefield@SAU15.net>;

Dr. Littlefield.

Goffstown and Merrimack handle their policy manuals on-line differently than do Manchester and Bedford.  They are an inferior format, but here are additional examples for your consideration.